Fang Ming froze and looked up at the sky alongside Black Rabbit and Youyou.
The Sky Screen, which should have ended after Episode Ten, lit up once more.
And it immediately began playing the opening theme of Magic Autumn!
"Is this... a rerun?" Fang Ming stared upward in a daze.
At first, Fang Ming thought something had gone wrong with the Sky Screen and that it was repeating the events of Episode Ten.
But once the opening ended and Fang Ming saw the three Magical Girls, as well as himself standing behind their protection, he instantly realized that this was no rerun at all!
This was a double episode broadcast!
"No—!" Fang Ming took a deep breath and stared intently at the scene on the Sky Screen, his mind racing.
Episode Ten was immediately followed by Episode Eleven. If this were a thirteen-episode series, then airing two episodes today and another two tomorrow would make sense.
But Fang Ming did not think the remaining story could fill two whole episodes!
According to Fang Ming's calculations, even if the Sky Screen devoted most of its time to battle scenes, polishing and extending every fight, the remaining plot could only last two more episodes at most!
So unless something unexpected happened, this was not a double episode broadcast at all.
This was—
"...A triple episode broadcast!?"
Fang Ming looked at the Sky Screen in shock.
Beside him, Black Rabbit Youyou froze at those words. Her dark crimson pupils deepened slightly as she seemed to be lost in thought.
If three episodes were airing today, then at the Sky Screen's current pace of one episode per day...
Tomorrow...
It was very likely to be Season Two!
Youyou and Song Niandong were about to appear!
A Note on Going Premium!
Ahem, everyone, look over here. I have an announcement.
The novel officially goes premium tomorrow!!
Applause, applause!
I'm an old author by now, so I won't repeat the same old spiel. Let me just explain tomorrow's update schedule.
This book could actually have gone premium last Friday, but I didn't have enough chapters saved up to mass-release, so I decided to delay it by a week.
And over this past week, I've saved up a full ten chapters!
Which means tomorrow will bring an unprecedented ten-chapter update!!
And for the first week, I'll maintain three chapters per day before returning to two daily updates!
Now that I've covered the updates, let's talk about this book.
Actually, the idea behind this book... came to me last year.
The first three chapters were basically written last year, but for certain reasons, I never posted them, which is why things were delayed until now.
And in the original setting, Fang Ming was a high school student, while Xiao Qiu and the others were middle school students.
But... for certain reasons everyone knows, I directly changed the protagonist into an adult, and Xiao Qiu and the others also became "adults."
As for the specifics... those who know, know.
So in the first few chapters, the protagonist was often still described as a high school student... Yeah, that was my fault. I wasn't careful enough while revising, ahem ahem. But they were all minor issues, and they've all been fixed now!
Also, since I update every day, there may be some flaws in the details, such as typos or incorrect wording. Please bear with me, and if you point them out, I'll fix them.
Lastly, thank you to all the readers who have supported me!
Same as always, your support is what keeps me writing!
My deepest thanks!!
Oh, I almost forgot. Let me mention the future update schedule.
Before going premium, I set one chapter at noon and one at night to draw in readers.
But starting tomorrow, under the normal update schedule, all updates will be moved to six in the evening. In other words, the noon update will also be released at six. Whether there are two chapters or three, they'll all be posted together!
Please take note.
That's all for now. I'm going to rest first. Tomorrow's update will probably still be around midnight, with all ten chapters released at once!
See you tomorrow!
Love you all~
Mwah~
Double Broadcast and the Decisive Battle! (Please Support the First Subscription!)
(Holy shit, holy shit! What did I just see!)
(A double episode broadcast! It's a double episode broadcast!!)
(Being able to watch two episodes in a row makes it worth dying for!)
(Why don't we think even bigger? A triple episode broadcast!!!)
When a new episode began playing on the Sky Screen once more, the comments exploded exactly as expected.
No one had imagined that Episode Eleven would immediately follow Episode Ten. Nothing like this had ever happened before.
But the Sky Screen had only appeared less than two months ago, and during its first month, it had aired only one episode per week. So while everyone was surprised by the double episode broadcast, they did not think too deeply about it.
Rather than investigate that, why not just enjoy the show first?
[Yu Muqiu and the other two stood before Xiao Bai. Amid the notes released by the Songstress Witch, they flew toward her from three different directions at once!
Over the shattered ruins, streams of pink, blue, and green light landed in separate locations.
Xiao Chun stood the farthest away. She raised her bow and, after looking at the notes filling the sky, only paused to think for a moment before aiming her vine-green longbow at the heavens.
A glowing Arrow condensed atop the bow. The crystal-clear projectile, as exquisite as a work of art, was fired into the sky by Xiao Chun.
The Arrow vanished into the clouds within the barrier, instantly laying down a pale green magic circle across the sky.
The magic circle covered the heavens, and then countless Arrows poured down from above like rain!
Clink, clink, clang—
The Arrows struck the notes with perfect precision. A single tiny Arrow could not shatter a note, but several hitting the same note at once could break it apart.
The sound of the notes shattering resembled piano scales being played. Countless sounds rang out across the sky at once, forming a chaotic yet uniquely rhythmic melody.
Amid the rousing background music, Chen Xiaoxia's attack followed close behind!
"Say a couple of things and you get angry? Your temper's pretty pathetic, Auntie!"
Chen Xiaoxia attacked with words first, then with force.
The huge sword wreathed in blue light slashed at the Songstress Witch's neck without losing any speed. The strike was swift and vicious. Clearly, after her previous battle with the Fish Monster Demon, Chen Xiaoxia's strength had improved again.
But—
It was still not enough!
"What did you... call me?!"
The Songstress Witch was enraged by Chen Xiaoxia once again. She did not even try to dodge, allowing Chen Xiaoxia's greatsword to strike her neck.
Clang!
Though her body looked like a puppet's, the greatsword striking her neck produced the sound of metal.
And when they looked at the Songstress Witch herself, her neck was completely unharmed!
"...Huh?"
Chen Xiaoxia froze for a moment at the sight.
Her neck was that tough?
"An unlikeable child should just die here!"
The Songstress Witch clearly loathed Chen Xiaoxia to the extreme. In the instant Chen Xiaoxia was stunned, she aimed her hand at Chen Xiaoxia's body.
Thump, thump—
Two notes appeared in the Songstress Witch's hand. They rapidly expanded, becoming two enormous notes nearly as tall as a person!
The giant notes crashed into Chen Xiaoxia. The immense force they carried sent her flying, smashing her brutally into the distant wreckage of the Ferris wheel!
Bang!!
"Xiaoxia!!"
Yu Muqiu, who had been preparing her move, widened her eyes. She stopped charging power as the Convergence Rings before her wand abruptly expanded, instantly launching three layers of Convergence Rings forward.
A Magic Cannon condensed within them. After a flash of light, the thick beam erupted and swallowed the Songstress Witch in an instant!
Magic Cannon: Hope's Light!
Rumble—!
The Magic Cannon thundered within the barrier. Any notes it touched along the way scattered into dust.
The Songstress Witch, struck head-on by the Magic Cannon, was reduced to nothing but a faint silhouette.
Chen Xiaoxia smashed apart a note with one punch and rose rather awkwardly from the Ferris wheel wreckage. Looking at the Songstress Witch being obliterated by the Magic Cannon, she cheered:
"We hit her!! Nice one, Xiao Qiu!"
"No..."
In response to Xiaoxia's cheer, Xiao Qiu's expression only became more solemn. "...She's fine."
"What?" Chen Xiaoxia was a little dumbfounded.
Yu Muqiu did not need to explain further for Chen Xiaoxia to understand what she meant by "fine."
The Light Cannon faded, and the Songstress Witch appeared before the three of them once more.
But aside from the energy dust drifting off her body after being struck by the attack, not even a corner of her clothes had been damaged!]
(?)
(???)
(No, isn't this Demon way too strong?! Xiao Qiu's all-out attack can only be fired three times per battle, and she came out completely unscathed?!)
(The final boss. Is this the power level of the final boss? She's absurdly overpowered!)
["Isn't that ridiculous?! She's fine after all that!!?"
Chen Xiaoxia let out the same shocked cry as the comments.
She could hardly be blamed for being so stunned.
Chen Xiaoxia knew exactly how powerful Xiao Qiu's Magic Cannon was.
Whether it was the Speed Demon before or the Fish Monster Demon, if they were hit by the Magic Cannon, even if they did not die, they would probably be half-dead.
Even Chen Xiaoxia, who could strengthen her own body, did not dare take Xiao Qiu's Magic Cannon head-on.
Yet now, the Songstress Witch had emerged completely unharmed?!
This was outrageous!
"Hehehe, I thought you were supposed to be impressive. Who knew... this was all you had."
The Songstress Witch let out a coquettish laugh.
From the power of Yu Muqiu's Magic Cannon, she had already judged the approximate strength of the three girls before her.
They were indeed powerful compared to Lesser Demons, but against her, a Mid-Tier Demon, they were nothing worth mentioning.
Since that was the case, the Songstress Witch no longer needed to hide anything.
"Before this... I actually hid from Magical Girls with strength like yours until now... What a—"
The Songstress Witch looked at the three of them:
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